Touchless utensil used to serve drinks
OwnerStephen C. Kleinschmidtinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus including a touchless utensil used to serve drinks is provided. The apparatus includes the touchless utensil operable to enable a user to move a drinking glass without the user touching the drinking glass. The touchless utensil includes an elongated handle portion and an engaging portion attached to the elongated handle portion and including a C-shaped gripper including a major arc spanning more than 180 degrees. The elongated handle portion and the engaging portion are coplanar.
Claims18
An apparatus including a touchless utensil used to serve drinks, comprising:
- the touchless utensil operable to enable a user to move a drinking glass without the user touching the drinking glass, the touchless utensil including:
- an elongated handle portion;
- and
- an engaging portion attached to the elongated handle portion and including a C-shaped gripper including a major arc spanning more than 180 degrees;
- and
- wherein the elongated handle portion and the engaging portion are coplanar.
A system including a touchless utensil used to serve drinks, comprising:
- a tapered drinking glass including side walls with a more narrow portion at a vertically lower portion of the tapered drinking glass and with a more wide portion at a vertically higher portion of the tapered drinking glass;
- and
- the touchless utensil operable to enable a user to move the tapered drinking glass without the user touching the drinking glass, the touchless utensil including:
- an elongated handle portion;
- and
- an engaging portion attached to the elongated handle portion and including a C-shaped gripper including a major arc spanning more than 180 degrees, wherein the C-shaped gripper is operable to nest against a vertically central portion of the tapered drinking glass;
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- wherein the elongated handle portion and the engaging portion are coplanar.
A method including a touchless utensil used to serve drinks, comprising:
- holding an elongated handle portion of the touchless utensil, wherein the touchless utensil includes an engaging portion attached to and coplanar with the elongated handle portion, includes a C-shaped gripper including a major arc spanning more than 180 degrees, and is operable to enable a user to move a tapered drinking glass without the user touching the tapered drinking glass;
- engaging the engaging portion of the touchless utensil to the tapered drinking glass, wherein the tapered drinking glass includes a more narrow portion at a vertically lower portion of the tapered drinking glass and with a more wide portion at a vertically higher portion of the tapered drinking glass, engaging the engaging portion to the tapered drinking glass includes placing the more narrow portion within the C-shaped gripper;
- lifting the touchless utensil vertically upward relative to the tapered drinking glass such that the C-shaped gripper nests against a vertically central portion of the tapered drinking glass;
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- using the elongated handle portion to move the tapered drinking glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.